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ARTHUR J. VEEKS, OF AKRON, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,176, dated March 2, 1897.

Application tiled May 18, 1896. Serial No. 591,927. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. WEEKs, a citizen of the United States,residin g at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Imu provements in Jugs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in jugs; and the object of the invention is to provide a new construction of jug having the advantages and distinguishing peculiarities substantially as shown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical central sectional elevation of one style of my improved jug and showing the lower portion of another similar j ug set thereon, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of a complete jug of the kind shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a vertical central sectional elevation of a modified form of jug as compared with Fig. 1

and showing also a section of a like jug in' verted and resting on the lower jug.

Referring first to Fig. l, we see a jug with a plain cylindrical body A and a uniformly convex top B. That is, the top B is highest in the middle or center of the jug, and turns from that point with the same curvature in all directions to the edge 2 at the side of the jug. The spout 4 is immediately at the edge of the jug iiush with the outer surface thereof and wholly independent of the lugs or iian ges at its sides, and the degree of convexity of the top B and the elevation of spout 4 above the convex top surface are purposely considered in respect to the process of firing or burning the jugs, to the end that the jugs may be set one directly upon the other when iiring occurs instead of employing some suitable intermediate parts adapted to the ends of the jugs and separating them in the stands.

Economy and facility in manufacture demand that jugs should be so made as to be self-accommodating in burning, whereby one may be set directly upon the other and all intermediate parts avoided, and hence the construction here shown where a concave bottom and a convex top are brought together. In this arrangement I employ what may be termed segmental7 lugs or flanges 5 about the top edge of the jug with open spaces 6 between them and substantially similar lugs or flanges 7 about the bottom D of the jug on corresponding sides, so as to facilitate stacking the j ugs. Taken together, the flanges 5 and 7 have suHicient depth to give clearance to the spout 4 and sufficient strength to withstand the weight or pressure which comes upon them in their green state when they are stacked for burning. This leaves a round top to the jug, which is very desirable, and by reason of the spout being in the recess between the ends of the flanges 5, as seen in Fig. 2, the said anges do not interfere with the use of the spout and enable the spout to be set directly upon the edge of the jug regardless of said flanges. The bottom D is shown here as having comparatively little concavity, and might have more or less, as preferred, but the top B is designed in all cases to be convex.

Another distinguishing feature of the top B is the central air-chamber on its inside inclosed by the wall or flange 8. The said flange 8 runs to the wall of the spout 4, and

this makes it especially convenient to produce the vent-passage 9, which extends at an angle from about midway the depth of the spout through the base of wall 8 into the said air-chamber. By reason of this peculiar construction of the top the vent-passage need not be made until the jug is otherwise completed, and then a piece of wire or any other like instrument can be used to produce said passage by inserting it at the requisite inclination through the spout. In this way a vent is produced on the top side of the spout, which enters the air-chamber within and affords relief in the jug for pouring, whereby all gurgling of the outflowing liquid is Aprevented and a steady and uniform stream is obtained.

In Fig. 8 I show a modication of the foregoing invention, in which the body G is of the same shape as bod yA in Fig. l, and there are preferably segmental anges l2 at the top of the jug corresponding to iianges 5 in Fig. l. In this case there is also a convex top, but the convexity of the top H is conined more especially to the middle portion thereof, while about the outer portion ofthe ICO top is an annular depression 14. By means of this depression and the iianges 12 I am enabled to get sufficient space between twojugs to set one upon the other in inverted position, as clearly shown, and they may be so placed regardless of relation, except that the two spouts 15 must not come together. In this case I also form flanges 16 about the bottom of the j ug, which enables me to set the jugs end to end or one on top ot' the other, as in Fig. 1. I-Iere again I repeat the internal air-chamber having Wall 17 about it and airvent 18 to about the middle of spout 15.

A further modification of jug is shown in Fig. 4, in Which a series of short segmental projections or lugs 2O are shown about the top of the jug K instead of longer ones, as in the other views, and a perfectly convex top L is shown. These lugs 2O have the depth relatively of the lugs or iianges 5 and 12 in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and the bottom of the jug may be flanged or not, as may seem preferable. For that matter the same is true as to the jug in Fig. 3, but a fianged bottom is preferred at present for that jug. Bail-holes 22 are shown in opposite lugs in Fig. 4, and similar holes are presumed to be present in the other views, as indicated in Fig. 2. There are no special lugs for the bail, except that those lugs are chosen which have the proper relation to the spout.

A further material advantage of this construction of top is the fact that the top is open, so that it can be dusted and kept clean, and the convex top helps to prevent accumulation of dust and dirt.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A jug having an air-chamber centrally in its top and a spout at one side of the top, and a veut-passage from the inside of said spout to said chamber, substantially as described.

2. A jug having a convex top portion and an inwardly-projecting Wall on the inside of said top about the center thereof, a spout outside said Wall and a vent-passage through the side of said spout and through said Wall into said chamber, substantially as described.

3. The jug described having a Walled airspace in its top, a spout outside said Wall and a vent-passage through the side of said spout into said air-space ou a line substantially with the front edge of the spout, whereby an instrument-can be introduced at any time into said passage through the spout to remove ob structions, substantially as described.

lVitness my hand to the foregoing specilication this 9th day of May, 1896.

ARTIIUR J. WEEKS.

Witnesses:

H. T. FISHER, H. E. MUDRA. 

